These are the best apps to control your Android device from a PC. Use Android on a computer to play games, send texts and more.

The ability to control computer with phone, or vice versa, enables us to access files, applications, and more from anywhere conveniently.

DeskDock is a free utility for Windows and Android that lets you control your Android device from a Windows PC using a mouse and keyboard.

This is probably the granddaddy of Android mirroring and control. It might very well be credited for starting the whole "view your phone in your browser" trend.

Here's how to use your Android device to remotely control another. Apps tend to work best, and here are some of our top picks.

That’s not the case with Scrcpy, however. Scrcpy is free, open source software that lets you interact with your Android phone or tablet via your Windows, Mac, or Linux-based PC.

Test-drives with three leading Android remote desktop apps reveal which one delivers the best control for the cash.

If you need to control multimedia on your PC from your Android smartphone, Jack Wallen shows you how with VLC and VLC Direct.

After that, you just toggle on USB debugging from the Developer options menu, plug your phone in to your computer, and the Vysor UI will guide you through choosing your device.